diff --git a/web/app/cad/craft/enginesPlugin.js b/web/app/cad/craft/enginesPlugin.js
index 22607e65..83adc7e6 100644
--- a/web/app/cad/craft/enginesPlugin.js
+++ b/web/app/cad/craft/enginesPlugin.js
@@ -24,12 +24,23 @@ export function activate({services}) {
       engine.handler = handler;
       console.info(`engine "${id}" is ready`);
     }
+    services.lifecycle.loadProjectRequest();
+  }
+  
+  function allEnginesReady() {
+    for (let e of engines) {
+      if (e.handler === NO_OP_HANDLER) {
+        return false;
+      }
+    }
+    return true;
   }
   
   services.craftEngines = {
     registerEngine,
     getRegisteredEngines: () => engines,
-    engineReady
+    engineReady,
+    allEnginesReady
   };
 
   engines.forEach(e => e.handler = NO_OP_HANDLER);
@@ -37,6 +48,8 @@ export function activate({services}) {
 }
 
 function startEngine({id, url}) {
+  console.info(`starting engine "${id}"...`);
+
   let engineScript = document.createElement('script');
   engineScript.setAttribute('src', url);
   document.head.appendChild(engineScript);
diff --git a/web/app/cad/init/lifecyclePlugin.js b/web/app/cad/init/lifecyclePlugin.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c4970632
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/app/cad/init/lifecyclePlugin.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import {createToken} from '../../../../modules/bus';
+
+export function activate({bus, services}) {
+  const startTime = performance.now();
+  bus.enableState(APP_READY_TOKEN, false);
+  bus.enableState(APP_PROJECT_LOADED, false);
+  services.lifecycle = {
+    loadProjectRequest: () => {
+      if (bus.state[APP_READY_TOKEN] && !bus.state[APP_PROJECT_LOADED] && services.craftEngines.allEnginesReady()) {
+        services.project.load();
+        bus.dispatch(APP_PROJECT_LOADED, true);
+        const onLoadTime = performance.now();
+        console.log("project loaded, took: " + ((onLoadTime - startTime) / 1000).toFixed(2) + ' sec');
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+export const APP_READY_TOKEN = createToken('app', 'ready');
+export const APP_PROJECT_LOADED = createToken('app', 'projectLoaded');
diff --git a/web/app/cad/init/startApplication.js b/web/app/cad/init/startApplication.js
index a60445ad..5af615b3 100644
--- a/web/app/cad/init/startApplication.js
+++ b/web/app/cad/init/startApplication.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import Bus from 'bus';
+import * as LifecyclePlugin from './lifecyclePlugin';
 import * as AppTabsPlugin from '../dom/appTabsPlugin';
 import * as DomPlugin from '../dom/domPlugin';
 import * as PickControlPlugin from '../scene/controls/pickControlPlugin';
@@ -22,12 +23,14 @@ import * as tpiPlugin from '../tpi/tpiPlugin';
 import * as PartModellerPlugin from '../part/partModellerPlugin';
 
 import startReact from "../dom/startReact";
+import {APP_READY_TOKEN} from './lifecyclePlugin';
 
 export default function startApplication(callback) {
 
   let applicationPlugins = [PartModellerPlugin];
   
   let preUIPlugins = [
+    LifecyclePlugin,
     ProjectPlugin,
     StoragePlugin,
     AppTabsPlugin,
@@ -61,7 +64,7 @@ export default function startApplication(callback) {
 
   startReact(context, () => {
     activatePlugins(plugins, context);
-    context.services.project.load();
+    context.bus.dispatch(APP_READY_TOKEN, true);
     context.services.viewer.render();
     callback(context);
   });